Cow 223 AHOY MATEY

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$130.00
including shipping

It is about time I painted another cow, I actually had one of my facebook followers contacting me a couple of days ago asking "why no cows?"

Cow 221 TRENDSETTER

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$85.00

Another day, another cow. I have been painting so many flowers lately it was a nice change to paint such a great face.

Cow 216 TIMID TINA

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$85.00

This sweet gal was just up the road from where I live. When I take my dogs for a walk we drive right by and sometimes I am lucky and the cows are gathered by the fence for a little morning gossip.

Cow 218 CUTE COW

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$85.00

I keep saying this, but I will never get tired of painting cows.

Cow 215 PRINCESS PENELOPE

6 x 6 inch oil painting on
1/8th inch thick gesso board
$80.00

Took the dogs for a walk yesterday, the Parker Road cows were right by the fence as we drove by waiting for their photo op...bonus.

Cow 214 FRANKLY MY DEAR

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

I used a limited palette for this painting and just blended the colours together, a little different than my usual 1000 brush strokes.

Cow 213 BIG HUNK OF LOVE

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

I have been painting messier that ever for my last few cows, I find it really effective and I don't spend as much time worrying about detail.

Cow 212 NEVER SAY NEVER

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

Another cow with 1000 brush strokes, the original photo doesn't have much detail so I just had to go a little bit crazy.

Cow 211 BARRY WHITE

 6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

I was listening to favourites from my playlist this morning and who did I hear but Barry White.  This painting has about 1000 brush strokes...and I'm finished ahhh.

Cow 210 DON'T BREAK MY HEART

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

I wasn't going to paint today, but every time I walked by my easel it seemed to be speaking to me.  I am so happy it did, this cow is one of my favourites(for this week anyway). I love the nose which to me is the absolute focal point.

Cow 207 MARY

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
SOLD

It is so easy to fall back into painting another cow, this painting I stuck to the basics with the palette, just the primary's and then mixing for the colour I wanted. 

OPTIMISTIC THINKER

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

Another day, another cow.

Cow 205 SIMPLY SHY

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

It was time...to paint another cow that is.

Cow 104 WISDOM GUY

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch gesso board
$95.00

Fast and furious is how I painted this guy, sometimes I can really get caught up in the details of a painting,today I din't give myself time, I like the outcome.

Cow 203 SAY WHAT?

6  x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

Cows are definitely my got to if I can't decide what to paint...always a good choice.

Cow 202 MANIPULATOR OF LOVE

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

I drove by my favourite farm today so I just had to paint a cow.

Cow 200 DAMN I'M GORGEOUS!

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

In celebration of my 200th cow painting I had to do a serious closeup of one of my favourite cows.

Cow 197 LIFE OF THE PARTY

6 x 8 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$95.00

I approached this painting differently, I used very little white at the beginning while mixing my paints and started the underpainting with much more saturated colour...learning more every day.

Cow 195 BASHFUL BRENDA

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$80.00

This Parker road resident was very shy but her curiosity got the best of her, she just had to find her way to the fence and my camera.

Cow 193 ELLEN

6 x 6 inch oil
on 1/8th inch thick gesso board
$80.00

I can remember when I painted my first cow, it was so very bad, I'm not even sure why I tried painting another, and another...  now they are one of my favourite subjects.  The more I paint cows, the more I love to paint cows.